Adulese said:
You've got the "go ahead". Everyone, lets get cracking.
- Adulese
Aye aye Cap'n! Arrrrgh!
Couple of quick ideas for the zine, consider these 5am suggestions
Some sort of contest to draw reader interest such as designing halo backgrounds, take a picture of you with the e-zine in the coolest place possible (it can be printed), coolest use for a master chief helmet (besides wearing it.... think outside the box, pc case mod, lunchbox, etc etc) the key to a good audience is making them feel involved. Kotaku does this kind of thing all the time.
WIP of the month, maybe a topic to keep your eye on, Example: Radgriz has a pretty sweet flamethrower going on right now, maybe do a little piece on the flamethrower for the month (this gets tricky because WIP can become obsolete or entirely finished that month so ...)
One thing I'd definitely like to see is the most unique halo themes suits, An example would be I know there was a Saints (gold) MC Suit, A Sean Bradley helmet recent was recently painted like the Buckeyes? (probably totally wrong on the team, I suck at sports) helmet. Things of that nature, I think it might pump some inspiration for people to be creative with their suits. I get SICK of the same old same old standard green Mark VI. Maybe if we shed some light on some of the cooler creations around here we might see a cool variety appear.
In equal sense I think we should at one point do an article on the Elite Showcase or at the very least try to cover the few who make it there at one point or another.
I feel like I had some thunder going and I lost it... oh well. That is all for now. My creativity is all tapped out for the day. If you guys have only seen what my day was like
. The main thing to remember is content is key. While the zine should be pleasant on the eyes it doesn't need to be flashy to the point of distracting. We have a chance to reach people outside the 405th, remember that when writing for people who may not know everyone on the forums or common armor making methods. Oh and don't misspell stuff, it looks bad and spelling nazi's like myself with notice it instantly. Oh and keep continuity, if you call it Pepakura don't later abbreviate it as pep. I have CDO which is kind of like OCD but alphabetical like it should be
/END EARLY MORNING RANT
Cheers,
Kensai